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Devotees offering prayer during the Chhath Puja at India Gate.
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A Nepalese Hindu woman worships the sun as she stands in the Bagmati River during the Chhath festival, which honours the Sun God, in Kathmandu. People pay their respects to both the rising and setting sun during the Chhath festival when people express their thanks and seek blessings from the forces of nature.
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Former Bihar CM Rabri Devi worships Sun God on the occasion of Chhath puja in New Delhi.
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Devotees whorship the Sun God during Chhath festival in Murshidabad
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A woman devotee lying prostrate as she proceeds to perform Chhath puja in Kolkata.
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RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and LJP President Ramvilas Paswan, with his family, performing Chhath puja at Lalu's residence in New Delhi.
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Hindu devotees offer prayers to the sun during the Chhath festival on the banks of the Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad . The Chhath festival is observed in India, where homage is paid to the sun and water Gods eights days after Diwali, the festival of lights.
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Women devotees perform Chhath puja in Haridwar
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Russian devotees perform Chhath puja in Haridwar
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A Nepalese Hindu woman worships the sun as she stands in the Bagmati River during the Chhath festival, which honours the Sun God, in Kathmandu. People pay their respects to both the rising and setting sun during the Chhath festival when people express their thanks and seek blessings from the forces of nature.
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Prisoners celebrate Chhath Puja at Dhanbad jail in Jharkhand.
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